Red-and-green Macaw vs Staggerweed

Ara chloropterus compared with Stachys arvensis

Key Differences

• Red-and-green Macaw is Least Concern while Staggerweed is Vulnerable.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Red-and-green Macaw	Staggerweed
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (Plants)
Phylum	Chordata (Chordates)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Aves (Birds)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Psittaciformes (Parrots)	Lamiales (Lamiales)
Family	Psittacidae (True Parrots)	Lamiaceae
Genus	Ara (Macaws)	Stachys
Species	Ara chloropterus	Stachys arvensis

Conservation Status

Red-and-green Macaw

LC — Least Concern

Staggerweed

VU — Vulnerable

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Red-and-green Macaw	Staggerweed
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Red-and-green Macaw

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Widely distributed across Asia (United Arab Emirates), Europe (Norway, United Kingdom), and South America (Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela).

Staggerweed

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (4 countries), Asia (5 countries), Europe (15 countries), North America (4 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, Tonga), and South America (6 countries). Currently classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List, this species faces significant conservation challenges across its range.

Red-and-green Macaw

Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 3 countries:

🇨🇴 Colombia 🇳🇴 Norway 🇬🇧 United Kingdom